Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of Proposed Ordinance to the Central Planning Board for Formal Review
Purpose: Resolution referring to the Central Planning Board for review and recommendation a proposed Ordinance amending Title 41 of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as Amended and Supplemented, entitled "Newark Zoning and Land Use Regulations", by amending Chapter 22, Section 6 entitled "Shipping Containers Zoning Regulations" by creating an exemption to shipping container zoning regulation as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26 in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-64.
Additional Information:
A copy of the proposed ordinance is attached as Exhibit A.
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WHEREAS, on October 21, 2020, the Municipal Council adopted ordinance 6PSF-q which amended Title XLI, Zoning and Land Use Regulations, to supplement to amend Chapter 22, entitled Shipping Containers; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance was intended to regulate the illegal storage of shipping containers in neighborhoods, which were and can be unsafe, hazardous, an eyesore, and contributed to blight in various residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, shipping containers stacked in neighborhoods with no municipal oversight, can be dangerous and can become an attractive nuisance without having safeguards inherent in the way containers are stored on-port by Port Newark Container Terminal and others; and
WHEREAS, in light of stringent safety protocols put in place by Port Newark Container Terminal and other on-port shipping companies, the concerns for the storage of containers on port is not the same as for containers stored off-port; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment will create an exemption to shipping container regulation for Operators on-port, under the condition that those Operators meet certain safety criteria; and
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